ROCKFORD — Lundgren’s will close this summer after more than a century in the camera business in Rockford.

The store, 991 S. Perryville Road, is closed temporarily to prepare for a liquidation sale and will reopen Thursday. Lundgren’s celebrated its 100th anniversary last year.

Owner Brad Lundgren said the business is “going the way of all camera stores,” squeezed by competition from big-box stores, Internet retailers and smartphones equipped with cameras. He said he could have closed a year ago, but “I had my fingers and toes crossed that things would get better.”

“Anybody who’s familiar with the photo industry and the local market could have written the store’s obituary years ago,” Lundgren said. “But I hung on. I wanted to make it to 100. And then after 100, it was like, ‘OK, let’s re-evaluate.’

“We were awfully lucky to make it to 100, and it’s because we have great customers. Rockford’s been good to us. I can’t complain.”

The store doesn’t do film developing anymore, which Lundgren said had been its mainstay. The store’s suppliers such as Canon and Nikon also recently started selling directly to consumers.

Arthur Lundgren founded the business in 1913 and opened the first store at 507 Seventh St. in Rockford. Lundgren’s spent about 70 years on Seventh St. Brad bought Lundgren’s from his father, Gene, in 1978, and the store moved to 929 S. Alpine Road.

It moved to its current home in 1992. Lundgren’s brother, Ward, started a camera business called The Camera Company in the 1970s, and the company still has three locations in Madison, Wisconsin.

Lundgren’s in Rockford is working with GA Wright Sales Inc. of Colorado for the store-closing sale. The store likely will close in July. This Sunday is the last Sunday the store will be open. After that, the hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.